Newcastle United fans will find out the Magpies’ Premier League fixture list on Wednesday - but they will have to wait a few weeks longer to discover which matches will be televised during the opening weeks of the new season.

However, some of those fixture times and dates will be amended early next month - with Sky Sports revealing that the first batch of televised matches for August and September are set to be announced “at the beginning of July”.

BT Sport is also expected to reveal the matches they have chosen to broadcast live during the first two months of the 2017/18 campaign at the same time.

In a Q&A on their website, Sky Sports state under a question regarding when the first round of televised fixtures will be announced: “That’s still to be confirmed but we expect to bring you details of the first batch of Premier League fixtures - those to be shown live on Sky Sports in August and September - at the beginning of July.”

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The two pay-for broadcasters will welcome Newcastle’s return to the Premier League, given that viewing figures dropped last season - and they will hope the large and loyal Magpies following will help at arrest that slide.